WILKES-BARRE, PA (November 19, 2018) - The King's College women's basketball team will continue their road swing tomorrow night as they visit Keystone College in La Plume for a 6 p.m. matchup in the team's last game before the Thanksgiving holiday. The Monarchs will try to stop a two-game skid while Keystone looks to end its three-game losing streak.
 
Event Details
Opponent: at Keystone College (1-4)
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: La Plume, Pa. – Gambal Athletic Center (Directions)
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Last Time Out: The Monarchs dropped both games in the Cross County Challenge. King's hung tough with nationally ranked University of Scranton on Friday in a 70-58 defeat, while they lost a tight match against host Marywood 69-66 on Saturday. Mackenzie Yori scored 35 points in the two games to lead all Monarchs this weekend.
 
The Book on the Monarchs (1-2):

• The Monarchs have the third-highest scoring offense in the MAC Freedom, averaging 70.0 points per game.
• King's leads the conference with a 75.0 free throw percentage.
• The Monarchs have an assist/turnover radio of 1.06, good for second best in the conference.
• King's has committed just 36 turnovers, which is the fewest in the conference.
• Mackenzie Yori is the Monarchs' leading scorer through three games, and is second in the MAC Freedom averaging 20.3 points per game. She has also made eight of the team's 17 three-pointers so far.
• Rebecca Prociak recorded her 15th and 16th career double-doubles at the Cross County Challenge over the weekend.
• Prociak set a career high with 17 rebounds in the team's loss to Marywood on Saturday. The 17 rebounds are the most by a Monarch since Olivia Hoffman had her 20-rebound game against Keystone in January 2015.
• Prociak has 10.7 rebounds per game, which is good enough for third in the MAC Freedom.
• Alexis Steeber is third on the team with 11.3 points per game. She had 21 points in the Monarchs' win over Gwynedd Mercy last Tuesday.

 
The Book on the Giants (1-4):

• The Giants were picked to finish fourth in the Colonial States Athletic Conference preseason poll.
• The Giants are second in the conference with a 66.7 field goal percentage.
• The Giants' top returning scorers from last year are sophomore Bre Moore, who averaged 12 points per game last year, and Maddy Moro, who scored 24 points in the team's win over John Jay on Nov. 10.
• Moro ranks sixth in the CSAC with 14.0 points per game and second with 10.0 rebounds per game. She also has 23 offensive rebounds to lead the conference.
• Last year, Moro led the conference with 11.8 rebounds per game and 10 double-doubles.
• Khaliah Gordon and Faith Shiffer are the Giants' primary three-point shooters. Gordon is 9-of-33 and Shiffer is 7-of-29 so far this season from the three-point range.
• Gordon is second in the conference with 4.0 steals per game.
• Kristina Danella is in her inaugural season as coach of the Giants. She also heads the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Council. She coached Division II San Francisco State and Caldwell University before coming to Keystone.

 
Last Meeting: Exactly 52 weeks ago, on Nov. 21, 2017, the two programs faced off at McGrane Gymnasium, where King's pulled a 77-52 victory over Keystone behind Rebecca Prociak's 19-point performance.
 
Up Next: The Monarchs will come home on Saturday as they take on Neumann University at 3:30 p.m. in their home opener.